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What Does TWD Mean?

The most common meaning for TWD is "Texting While Driving." It is typically used by the police as shorthand for the crime of using a mobile-phone feature that requires text input (e.g., texting, emails, entering locations on maps) or prolonged concentration on the screen (e.g., reading text, studying a map).

TWD also has the following alternative meaning:

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Summary of Key Points

"Texting While Driving" is the most common definition for TWD on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Here is some more information about TWD:

An Academic Look at TWD

When TWD means "Texting While Driving," it is often used as a noun denoting a person who is texting while driving or the crime of texting while driving. For example:

I have issued an on-the-spot fine to a TWD.

(Here, TWD denotes a person.)

The arrest was for TWD.

(Here, TWD denotes the crime.)

The word "texting" in TWD can also be used as a gerund or a present participle. For example:

I loathe TWD.

(Here, texting is a gerund, i.e., a noun.)

You are TWD, you idiot.

(Here, texting is a participle forming part of the verb are texting.)

TWD is an initialism abbreviation. This means it is pronounced using its individual letters (i.e., Tee Dublyu Dee). As it is often said using its letters, TWD is used for efficiency in speech as well as writing.